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India's Test captain Shubman Gill on Friday was part of the dazzling display of sporting cheer when he appeared in the prestigious Royal Box with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar at the Royal Ascot in Wimbledon. The duo and the third watcher of men's singles semi-finals, which saw Arthur Fery beat Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner win against Novak Djokovic.
BCCI president Virat Kohli was joined by Brian Lara and Virgil van Dijk by Gill, who has been the fourth Indian batsman to be named as a captain for the three decades after Tendulkar has received this accolade. They garnered fans' praise on social media for capturing the "three generations of batting greats.
The event is a high-profile one, showing the increasing overlap between cricket and tennis, and pleasing Indian sports fans globally. The images of the legends sharing the moment got viral, that really was a special moment between Sachin and the youngster Shubman Gill who will continue to play for the Indians. The match at Wimbledon was a show that was everything but a tennis match – it was an event of sporting legends!
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